1999 - 1997

Advancing
the Digital Frontier

Despite the 1997 financial crisis that affected nearly all Korean businesses, Samsung was one of a few companies that continued growing, thanks to its leadership in digital and network technologies and its steady concentration on electronics, finances, and related services.

1999

Samsung Aerospace (known today as Samsung Techwin), Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Hyundai Space and Aircraft formed a single business entity, Korea Aerospace Industries

Samsung Electronics became first in the world to mass-produce and offered a full line up of digital TVs